"A Bevy of WWII Batreps" Topic

All,

I've been quiet but not idle. I've played a batch of WWII games, at squad-, platoon-, and company-level, in 15mm and 28mm. My latest was a 15mm platoon-level fight following some Dogfaces from 3rd Infantry Division in southern France following Operation Dragoon:

Lt Hanley leading a combat patrol up a valley to see where the Germans are.
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I played a couple games of "Five Men in Normandy" following some Red Devils of the British 6th Airborne in Normandy:

Taking out the Merville Battery
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And:

A clash of patrols in Normandy.
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And then a 28mm game using "No End In Sight," between GIs and Germans somewhere in France:

Looking to take an enemy-held hill.
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And then I got a couple games in with the old Kampfgruppe Klink:

The Wehrmacht opens Operation Barbarossa.
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And:

Under heavy pressure trying to breach the Soviets' second line.
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Please take a look if you'd like, and let me know what you think. I'm working on another batrep right now, the second playtest of my 15mm platoon-level rules, will post ASAP.

V/R,
Jack

You've been busy,Jack. Nice figures and terrain, mate. I've never thought of a platoon level campaign, but your AAR (particularly the patrol clash has given me some (half baked) ideas….

Sweet looking stuff there, and interesting AAR.

Jack's Back (here on TMP that is)….

You've been hoarding away on all these scenarios, or hosting your own game convention right there at home. :)))

Gorgeous boards, figs, everything!

Always showing us the way too -> (love that thang) ->

It's way too many characters (a battalion of infantry with three companies of four platoons of three squads, with characters all the way down to squad leaders……

Just like scalin' small to go BIG, we've just got to lose some things to gain different benefits. (?)

Funny thing, or a contrast in approach – I never write up detailed AARs (my thinking is the experience is mostly relevant to the moment). I get the narrative thing, especially for solo gaming and layering on that tactical-level context, but as you may lament on your wantin' more, still, you're just 'one' critic.

(times I wonder why my desire to present for others [multiplayer] to 'validate', when it's all gift-giving to start with)

Pluses and Minuses all across the board – so to speak.

Thanks for sharing.

My goodness everyone, thank you kindly, it warms my heart to know there are still folks out there that don't mind my blathering about wargames! ;)

Dal – Yessir, just hadn't found the energy to type them up, but knuckled down and got them done and I'm glad I did! Thanks for the kind words, I'll not win any awards, but I've certainly invested in my troops and terrain, and I'm miles from where I started, with cut up carpet for hills, buildings spray painted khaki, and 10mm troops mounted on pennies:

Platoon-level fights can be a real blast. If you've not seen Joe's solo game engine, it's called "Platoon Forward" and it's a great tool for gaming, particularly solo, and he's got a blog of the same name.

Korsun – I appreciate it!

FlyXwire – Hey man, thanks, I'm trying! Almost done with another batrep, will post Tuesday or Wednesday, and looking to play some more this weekend, hoping to keep the ball rolling.

I don't know about a convention, just trying lots of different stuff to see which one will catch fire. And yeah, KG Klink just bogged down because of too much time spent on data management, but I'm not finished with them, still working's solution to keep the campaign rolling. Like you said, I'm going to need to sacrifice some detail in order to get it workable. With regards to the batreps, I'm having my most fun when I slow down and let the characters show through, which makes sense to me as my only "multi-player" is here on the forums.

Fitzovich – Thanks man!

V/R,
Jack

I'll not win any awards

Who cares about awards, Jack? Your terrain is as good as any I've seen, particularly your buildings, and it defines the tactical situation well.

Enough pats on the back. Get back to work and put some more bloody AAR's up.

Yeah man, the awards comment is strictly about the fact that I might not have the best looking stuff around, but I've put a lot of work into it and I'm pretty happy with it, especially given where I started.

Working on the batrep, will post tomorrow evening, planning on playing at least two more games this coming weekend.

V/R,
Jack